Beedster

Cheers mate, if I had anything else to trade I'd be heading to That London ASAP. The Gherson really has got a great retro tone that I struggle - ironically - to get from the v63 (as we've discussed before, the Riv TVC circuit in the Gherson is far more versatile than that in the v63). Good luck fella, I think it's underpriced though

If you wanted to upgrade to a '99 Fireglo 4001v63 we could perhaps sort a deal Clarky, I quite liked the Gherson I have to admit

So what's going on with this rather odd thread then? If there's guys lining up has it sold? Are you prepared to split and sell drivers (not hard to test whether an individual driver is or is not the problem after all)? If not, would another enterprising local BCer like to buy it and part out (I expect you'd get more than £100 for the unloaded cab)? Or is anyone driving from up there to down here anytime soon

DB strings are horses for courses though, some strings just work on an instrument irrespective of price; don't just assume that because they're the original that they're not as good as a £100 set on that instrument. First question; are you happy with the sound? If not, ask whether it's strings or the instrument, 'cos with the cost of double bass strings relative to a cheapish EUB, if there's going to be trail and error it might be best to do it with second hand EUBs that you can sell on for the same price. I went from Dean to Stagg to Aria to Yamaha EUBs in less than 6 months and only the Yamaha worked for me. In my experience the strings on an EUB are far less of an issue than the EUB itself. And now I don't even have an EUB as once you've played DB blah blah blah

[quote name='Shonks' timestamp='1339175612' post='1684991'] fancy putting sold in the title so I dont have to read thru the whole thing to find out? [/quote] The experienced buyer on BC always reads the last post, then the first

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1339153512' post='1684408'] [b]Threadjack warning[/b] Chris, have you used these strings before? How do they compare with the stock strings on the Stagg? Reason I ask is that Daf has very kindly lent me a set, but I'm going to have to file the nut on the Stagg to try them. So unless I'm confident that they're an improvement it's a bit of a risk. Any thoughts? [/quote] Hello mate, good to hear from you. I've used the Silvers which according to Clarky are the same thing. I only had a Stagg for about a week and didn't like it very much so may not be the best person to advise, but I don't think they would be my string of choice for an EUB; I get quite a lot of finger noise from them, they tend to need a high action to play anything but slap (as in my experience - and with my fairly crude technique - they can be quite rattly at low action), and they're very low tension. I used to go for the opposite on my old EUB (Yamaha SLB) as it just sounded muddy with guts or similar. They also don't work with a mag PUP? In short I wouldn't file the nut unless someone else here gives you the confidence to do so. Hope I haven't pissed on your barbecue mate, and hope all's well C